Music & lyrics: john popper

Well she hated the 4th of july
Bombs bursting in air, and she'd never know why
She'd keep me up all night, too terrified to cry
Oh yes, she hated 4th of july

Don't you be scared, don't you start to shake
Go back to sleep because I am wide awake
I'm right here, I'm not going anywhere tonight
Feel my hand, I'm gonna hold you till the early light

And when the thunder clapped, she'd run to me afraid
She tried to be brave, but she couldn't figure out the terrible sound it made
I was smarter, but she just couldn't see
And when the thunder clapped, she'd always run to me

Don't you be scared, don't you start to shake
Go back to sleep because I am wide awake
I'm right here, I'm not going anywhere tonight
Feel my hand, I'm gonna hold you till the early light

Oh yes, she loved the world on a crisp, autumn day
The leaves would turn her color, the children were at play
Sit on hilltops with her, she'd smile as if to say
You couldn't touch the world when autumn comes this way

And I don't believe she cared for getting old
The limbs move a little slower, the hearing just goes cold
One day she looked at me through a gray haired eye
And I couldn't believe she was telling me good bye

Don't you be scared, don't you start to shake
Go back to sleep because I am wide awake
I'm right here, I'm not going anywhere tonight
Feel my hand, I'm gonna hold you till the early light

And I do believe her soul was rich and blue
We taught each other lessons, lessons that we knew
When we kept growing, there was nothing we could do
But I loved her and I know she loved me too

Now you can call me a sentimental fool
But I learned more from her than I ever did in school
I still get apprehensive, I still remember why
When the thunder claps or it's the 4th of july

Don't you be scared, don't you start to shake
Go back to sleep because I am wide awake
I'm right here, I'm not going anywhere tonight
Feel my hand, I'm gonna hold you till the early light

Oh yes she hated the 4th of july

• 1999
• 4th of July
• Ain't That Life
• All up to You
• American Way
• And So It Goes
• Annie Laurie
• Anything Goes
• As We Wonder
• Bad to The Bone
• Best Be on My Way
• Black Cat Jam
• Blister in The Sun
• Can't Get a Light
• Carry Me Home
• Chan's Groove
• Change
• Christmas
• Christmas Blues
• Circle of The Rings
• Cleopatra's Cat
• Come Together
• Corn Mash Blues
• Cracks in The Stone
• Decision of The Skies
• Didn't Mean to Wake Up
• Diner
• Do I Move You
• Dream On
• Faith in You
• Fallen Empire
• Far Away
• Feelin' Groovy
• Five to One
• Get Out of Denver
• Get Out Today
• Gloria
• Glory Glory
• Going up to The Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue
• Hard to Exist
• Her Me
• Hey Joe
• Hi Heeled Sneakers
• Hit The Road, Jack
• Home is Where You Are
• Hurdy Gurdy Fandango
• I Want to Take You Higher
• I've Been Working on The Railroad
• In The Name of a Cause
• Intro
• Jabberwock
• Jonesin' Prayin'
• Just for Me
• Louie Louie
• Low Rider
• Maybe I'm Wrong
• Midnight Hour
• Mind to Ramble
• Miss You
• Mmmbop
• Monster
• Moonlight Serenade
• Mother Funker
• My Only Regret
• Never a Lover & Always The Friend
• Outta My Hands
• Princeton Eyes
• Put Your Lollipop Away
• Rock Me Baby
• Sarah
• Secret Agent Man
• Severe Infatuation
• She Caught The Katy
• Shotgun Shell
• Should I Stay or Should I Go
• Sick of It All
• Silent Night
• Some Things I Will Not Pretend
• Spinning Spiraling Machine
• Star Spangled Banner
• Superstition
• Sweet Home Chicago
• The Conga
• The Devil Went Down to Georgia
• The Heavens Get Pissed
• The Joker
• The Light in Her Eyes
• The Path
• The Way
• The Weight
• Time is Free
• To Fro
• Traveler Suite
• View
• Wang Dang Doodle
• Weird Chick
• What Do You Want from Me?
• When Johnny Comes Marching Home
• When The Levee Breaks
• Who Do You Love
• With You
• Wouldn't It Make You Mad
• You Rescued Me